[Well, someone was conspicuously absent from any and all cherry blossom festivities. However, the dorm BE-10 had become ground zero of a pollenpocalypse, with a bedridden Venusaur at the epicentre. He was feverish and dizzy and nauseous and pale, and really in no condition to do anything except rest, but he managed to make a voice post.]

Someone look after the greenhouse... I'll be out've it for a while.

Thassall.

hrnnhk. [Fumble rummage click. End recording.]

Oh man, those pageants were pretty groovy, weren't they? Boys and girls alike looked totally hot and whatever. I didn't enter, I thought it might be cheating if I just turned into a girl. Besides, I'd be majorly embarrassed. I'd be as red as my humorless sister's hair, I'm sure of it!
Anyways, it makes me think. What's your type, residents of Smash Academy? If you could make the perfect mate, I wonder what he or she would look like... ?

[ADDITIONAL ACTION POST, if anyone is looking for Kyogre. If you are a student seeking him out, it might be easiest for you to find him going over essays in his office. Just know that every single window is open, and there are like 4 fans with about 7 paperweights keeping everything on his desk. If you are fellow faculty, it will probably be easiest for you to find him in his dorm. A listen up to his front door yields loud music blasting at an almost impossible volume, in combination with the rush of running water.

Apologies to his neighbors.]

[The video feeds starts with Gladys with a frown on her face. She stays quiet for a moment, looking slightly unsure before speaking.]

Mister Hob... Oh wait... Vinnie! Do you still have the chocolate I gave you?? If you do, I'd like it back!

[Upset plant is upset.]

Does anyone know a good place in town to get a haircut?

[As soon as the webcam turns on and she's sure it's recording, Sami gives it a stiff, over-official salute.]

Commanding Officer Sami, reporting for duty!

... ... Just kidding. [She relaxes and lets out a sheepish laugh, then idly flips through some book-looking thing before she looks back at the camera.] So, uh... What's going on? I guess it'd be kind of silly to ask what I've missed since I was here last, 'cause it's a lot... But I finally got some spare time to visit. Haha, I'm surprised I didn't need a map. It's nice to be back.

I'm going to be taking a few classes here while I help out.

[Video feed turns on, and a face that has been somewhat absent from the school this past month greets the screen. He is astoundingly disheveled, covered in a mossy beard, long, wild hair the usual facial piercings. For some reason he's also got monk's robes on? You can probably imagine he smells pretty strong right now too. Because he does. He smells overwhelmingly of flowers.

Vinnie's still a little out of breath and maybe a bit red in the face for some reason, but he's home. And looking a good deal happier than he did when he left in December.]

Al'right, I'm pretty sure I was gone at least 5 months, so... [He glanced at the calender on the computer.] Is this right? It's still Feburary here? Shit, no wonder nothing's blooming yet.

Uh, I dunno if you got all my letters then. Well. [Pause.] S'that mean there's another one of me runnin' around in Johto right now...?

[Time travel, you were really weird. But he wasn't going to think too hard on that right now. Vinnie shrugged and smiled.] I guess I'm back. Did I miss anything important? Has everyone been okay? Red? Where is everyone? I really miss the shit out've you guys.

((ooc note: thanks to Celebi, Vinnie's been 'ported back to school! His solo logs will, however, continue in 'real time.' So if he mentions something that hasn't happened to him in the logs... chronologically, it hasn't yet.))

[Hey look at Mac. Mac looks happy. If you look carefully, you can see why he's happy. Look on his lap. It's a...little cute Bonsly. He is cute.]

Heeeeeeey guys, meet Rocky!

Say hi, Rocky!

[And he's looking at everyone and waving his fake tree branches. Mac looks like some happy five year old. He's happy like a doofus and is making the biggest, sunniest of smiles. A Pokemon time to take care of a Pokemon. Mac had dreamed of this day...next to to the height of his boxing career, obviously.]

[Wait how to take care of one.]

Some birthday cards came in the mail for me today. I even got a batch of sweet shrooms from my family. While I appreciate the thought, I find it a bit strange I'm receiving all these things so early. My birthday isn't even until-

[He looks at the date at the corner of his computer screen. Oh look, it's February 4th. ] tomorrow!

[He smiled pleasantly at the screen before his eyes popped wide open realization. ] T-t-tomorrow?!  [Parakarry frantically double-checked the date. To his embarrassment, it read 2/4. His birthday crept up on him this year. ]

Not again.

[The video clicks in to show a slightly annoyed Gladys. Someone isn't a happy camper right now with the cold days going on. She's wearing besteststarter's sweater it's nice and comfortable...]

Hi guys. So there's that talk about a killer on the loose a little while ago? Did someone take care of that already?

But ugh! The snow is so annoying! I didn't think it would be this cold! [She waves her hands in the air. She pauses for a moment as she gets an idea and tries to look a little more cheerful.]

Humans have winter clothes right? I think I want to go shopping! Does anyone else want to go shopping with me? Shopping as a group would be a fun thing, right?

[[OOC: Uh... Dear Bret: If the sweater thing is a no-no please let me know and I will take it off 8'D;;]]

[Video feed goes online and you see a blond lady waving at the camera to check if it's actually working before giving a smile.]

Hi everyone! I'm Gladys, and I'm going to be a student here starting this week! Nice to meet everyone!

[She pauses for a little bit, wondering if there were anything else she needed to add for her introduction...]

Um... Oh! I'm a plant that likes to dance a lot! So if you see a yellow piranha plant dancing, that's me! [Another smile. Gee, she sure loves to smile a lot...]

The Halloween party thing... the masquerade? I was there for a little bit, all dressed up, but I got really tired real quick so I left early. I wish I stayed longer though, it looked really fun!

Anyways, I'm really looking forward to learning all kinds of things here! See you guys around! [She gives a last smile and waves at the screen before she turns off feed.]

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[Gladys isn't the type of plant to stay put, so she'd be found wandering everywhere mostly in her human form because she wants to practice getting used to having longer legs and arms. Most of the time, she would be wandering around, if not dancing. If she's staying put, it's only because she's trying to practice playing on her acoustic guitar.

She's dead asleep during the night though, so you'd only get to see her during day time unless you're her roommate, which would be Lip.]

It's November.

You all know what this means.

I had to not shave yesterday for my costume, so I've got a day's head start on the rest of you.

[Insert picture of Max here, with the manliest stubblebeard you have ever seen; he's basically got a week and a half's worth of growth in. In 36 hours.]

Guys, put down your razors. It's no-shave November. Vinnie, you can grow that lame excuse for a mossy beard back now.

[Somehow, Max figured out how to do a poll. It's magical.]

[Poll #1791691]